Hinea lineata

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Hinea lineata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Planaxidae
Genus: Hinea
Species:
H. lineata
Binomial name
Hinea lineata
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms [1]
  • Angiola lineata(da Costa, 1778)
  • Buccinum lineatumda Costa, 1778 (original combination)
  • Buccinum zebraMegerle von Mühlfeldt, 1816
  • Planaxis eboreusE. A. Smith, 1872
  • Planaxis lineatus(da Costa, 1778)

Hinea lineata, common name the dwarf Atlantic planaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm. [2]

The very small shell is ovate, conical, smooth, and diaphanous. It is colored with white, elegantly ornamented upon its whole surface with pretty numerous, narrow, transverse lines, of a blackish brown. The spire is composed of six slightly convex whorls. The body whorl is inflated, and larger than all the others united. The linear suture is very fine. The aperture is subrounded, of violet color and within are perceived the external colored lines. The outer is lip simple, thin and sharp. Its edge is expanded and marked with brown lines. The columella is smooth and arcuated. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 48 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hinea lineata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759678 on 2022-01-24
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  3. Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum pediculare)